Kisielice

Kisielice ( German Frey town in West Prussia) is a city in the Polish Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship.

  • 3.1 Traffic
  • 5.1 Literature
  • 5.2 External links
  • 5.3 footnotes

History

1255, the market was stains, as Vrienstad, owned by the diocese. January 22, 1293 Dietrich received from bars the right to plant settlements on its properties according to Kulm law from the bishop and cathedral chapter of Pomesania. The present city Kisielice was probably created 1315-1320. 1331 received the settlement as Vrienstad city right and it was started with the construction of the church. A special feature of the place is the marketplace in a triangular shape. 1350 was reported by a brick town hall and brick fortifications and three gates. 1397 Catherine of rods sold the city to the diocese Pomesania. After the Second Peace of Thorn in 1466 the city came under the rule of the Teutonic Order. 1653 burned the town church after a lightning strike and was rebuilt from 1659 to 1660, however, the bell tower was made ​​only of wood. 1775 a fire destroyed much of the city. Between 1796 and 1802, the venue became known as Frey city. 1856/57, the wooden bell tower of the church was replaced by a brick with the opening of the railway line from giant castle (now Prabuty ) was also Frey city 1897/1899 connected to the rail network by Jablonowo (Eng. 1903-1920 Goßlershausen ). The Freystädter daily paper appeared in 1902 for the first time. 1912 opens the primary school of the village. 1934 published the latest edition of Freystädter Tageblatt. 1945 marched the Red Army entered the city. The destroyed city lost about 80 percent a year later their municipal law. Through administrative reform Kisielice came 1975 on the newly formed Province of Elbląg. 1986, the site was again raised to town. After the dissolution of Elbląg Voivodeship, the city was in 1999 part of the Warmia - Mazury.

Population Development

Gmina Kisielice

The municipality includes the following Kisielice smaller localities:

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

The city is located on the regional road 16 which leads from Grudziądz and Olsztyn.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Georg Hans Damrau (1902-1952), Nazi politician
  • Lorenz Grimoni (* 1939), pastor, director of the museum city of Königsberg in Duisburg

References

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